Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. While the primary mission of our colleges and universities should remain focused on education, rather than skills training, many influencers in both higher education and the private sector have acknowledged the skills gap and are experimenting with new approaches—sometimes teaming up on initiatives to augment the college experience. More...

By Glenda Quintini and Stéphane Carcillo. The so-called NEET rate (the share of youth neither in employment nor in education or training currently stands at 14% in the OECD on average, up from 12.5% before the Great Recession. But in some countries, the problem is much bigger and has been exacerbated by the crisis. For example, the NEET rate rose by about 10 percentage points to exceed 20% in Greece, Italy and Spain. More...

By Glenda Quintini. Skills significantly increase an individual’s chances of being employed; and, conditional on being in employment, increase the chances of being in a productive and rewarding job. The Survey of Adult Skills (2012) shows that the proportion of adults working increases with the level of proficiency in literacy, and both unemployment and inactivity decrease the higher the proficiency of the working population. Besides, wages also steadily improve with the level of skills. Skills also significantly increase the chances that workers will be in a stable job (compared to being in an atypical, often precarious job). More...

Formation professionnelle - Mise en pratique - Socle de connaissances et de compétences professionnelles COPANEF
Le Copanef poursuit la mise en œuvre du socle de connaissances et de compétences professionnelles :
- il a décidé des modalités de mise en place d'une expérimentation du 1er novembre 2015 au 30 juin 2016  (pour en savoir plus .... fichier à télécharger "décisions copanef..."
- il publie une note d'informations dans laquelle il explique le mécanisme d'habilitation d'organismes qu'il a engagé avec les CPNE et les Coparef  (pour en savoir plus ... fichier à télécharger "Note info socle..."
- il écrit aux Coparef et aux CPNE (pour en savoir plus ... fichiers à télécharger "lettre aux Coapref" et "lettre aux CPNE"
    Décision COPANEF campagne SOCLE
    Lettre aux Coparef
    Lettre au CPNE
    Note info Socle 22/07/2015
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